Written answers
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Imports Statistics
Nicky McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide information on imports from China in 2012 in relation to import value, details of the types of products being imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/13]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Below is a table showing the value and categories of goods imported from China (including Hong Kong and Macao) in 2012.
Country- specific services import figures for 2012 will not be available until Q3 2013.
In 2011, the last year for which full year figures are available, the total value of imports of goods and services from China (including Hong Kong and Macao) was €3,039 million, while the total value of exports of goods and services to China (including Hong Kong and Macao) amounted to €4,774 million.
Goods Imports from China (including Hong Kong and Macao) 2012
Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | SITC Code | 2012 € 000 |
| Live animals other than animals of Division 03 | 00 | 10 |
| Meat & meat preparations | 01 | 4,190 |
| Dairy products & birds’ eggs | 02 | 0 |
| Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof | 03 | 462 |
| Cereals & cereal preparations | 04 | 685 |
| Vegetables & fruit | 05 | 11,012 |
| Sugar, sugar preparation & honey | 06 | 3,379 |
| Coffee, tea cocoa, spices & manufactures thereof | 07 | 3,293 |
| Feeding stuff for animals (excl. unmilled cereals) | 08 | 1,127 |
| Miscellaneous edible products & preparations | 09 | 2,163 |
| Beverages | 11 | 710 |
| Tobacco & tobacco manufactures | 12 | 13 |
| Hides, skins & furskins, raw | 21 | 38 |
| Oil seeds & oleaginous fruits | 22 | 400 |
| Crude rubber (include synthetic & reclaimed) | 23 | 335 |
| Cork & wood | 24 | 7,216 |
| Pulp & waste paper | 25 | 0 |
| Textile fibres & their wastes | 26 | 498 |
| Crude fertilisers & minerals, excl. coal, petroleum etc. | 27 | 5,628 |
| Metalliferous ores & metal scrap | 28 | 140 |
| Crude animal & vegetable materials nes | 29 | 2,632 |
| Coal, coke & briquettes | 32 | 64 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products & related materials | 33 | 201 |
| Gas, natural & manufactured | 34 | 31 |
| Fixed vegetable fats & oils | 42 | 78 |
| Animal or vegetable materials nes | 43 | 72 |
| Organic chemicals | 51 | 75,882 |
| Inorganic chemicals | 52 | 2,207 |
| Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials | 53 | 2,555 |
| Medical & pharmaceutical products | 54 | 61,872 |
| Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps | 55 | 10,670 |
| Fertilisers (other than those of Division 27) | 56 | 1 |
| Plastics in primary forms | 57 | 2,182 |
| Plastics in non-primary forms | 58 | 12,520 |
| Chemical materials & products nes | 59 | 8,391 |
| Leather; leather manufactures nes; dressed furskins | 61 | 6,768 |
| Rubber manufactures nes | 62 | 42,891 |
| Cork & wood manufactures (excl. furniture) | 63 | 31,635 |
| Paper, paperboard & articles thereof | 64 | 27,208 |
| Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles & related products | 65 | 37,901 |
| Non-metallic mineral manufactures nes | 66 | 37,774 |
| Iron & steel | 67 | 14,053 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 68 | 8,534 |
| Manufactures of metals nes | 69 | 88,789 |
| Power generating machinery & equipment | 71 | 26,316 |
| Machinery specialised for particular industries | 72 | 28,452 |
| Metalworking machinery | 73 | 2,706 |
| General industrial machinery & equipment nes & parts nes | 74 | 50,030 |
| Office machines & automatic data processing machines | 75 | 595,431 |
| Telecommunications & sound equipment | 76 | 285,041 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts | 77 | 216,151 |
| Road vehicles (include. air-cushion vehicles) | 78 | 13,422 |
| Other transport equipment | 79 | 3,983 |
| Prefab buildings; plumbing & electrical fixtures & fittings | 81 | 38,748 |
| Furniture & parts thereof; bedding, cushions etc | 82 | 73,401 |
| Travel goods, handbags & similar containers | 83 | 51,539 |
| Articles of apparel; clothing accessories | 84 | 440,334 |
| Footwear | 85 | 119,823 |
| Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes | 87 | 28,799 |
| Photographic apparatus; optical goods; watches clocks | 88 | 24,803 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes | 89 | 312,777 |
| Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind | 93 | 465 |
| Coin ( other than gold coin ), not being legal tender | 96 | 36 |
| Gold, non-monetary ( excluding gold ores and concentrates ) | 97 | 60 |
| All other commodities and transactions | 99 | 31,607 |
| Grand Total | 2,860,134 |
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